Elective Courses

In the BTech curriculum, students are required to take 3 department electives. In addition, two projects (BTP 1 and 2) can also be replaced with electives, if the student does not want to do a project. Since Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering is a very diverse field, we have grouped the available electives into concentration areas. So if students are interested in acquiring in-depth knowledge of a particular area, they can take most (or all) electives from a specific concentration area. Or if the motivation is to acquaint oneself with the breadth of the field, then courses from different concentration areas can also be selected. This grouping is just to provide a guidance to students in course selection, and does not constrain the choice of electives.

Concentration Area: Processing of Materials

Course Code Course Name
MM359Metal Casting and Joining (Solidification processing and materials joining)
MM408Mechanical working of metals (Metal forming)
MM406Semiconductor devices and processing
MM439Iron and steel-making
MM624Advanced concepts in steel-making
MM622Advanced concepts in Iron Making
MM437Ceramic Processing Techniques
MM680Welding science and technology
MM320Principles of process metallurgy
MM477Ceramic processing techniques
MM6101Additive manufacturing with metals
MM632Surface engineering
MM626Thermomechanical processing and forming of steel
MM670Powders and Sintered Products
MM672Solidification processing
MM687Surface science and engineering
MM717Electrochemical Materials Science
MM724Plasma processing of materials
MM735Material Characterization at High Temperatures
MM801Speciality Steels: Making and Casting

Concentration Area: Characterization of Materials

Course Code Course Name
MM684X-Ray Diffraction and Electron Microscopy
MM750Vibrational Spectroscopy for Materials Scientists
MM755Kinetics of High Temperature processes
MM729Characterization of Materials for Corrosion Control
MM735Material Characterization at High Temperatures
MM734Electrical Characterization of Materials

Concentration Area: Computational Materials Science

Course Code Course Name
MM656Simulation and Optimization
MM685Electrical Materials: fundamentals and applications
MM718Laser Processing and Nanostructures
MM6004Machine Learning for Materials Engineering
MM668Computational Methods for Metal Forming Analysis
MM642Modelling of Metallurgical Processes
MM749Statistics and Probability for Materials Engineers
MM719Introduction to Ab-initio methods in Materials Modeling
MM722Molecular Simulations for Materials Engineering
MM641Numerical Methods in Materials Processing
MM747First principles approach to materials science

Concentration Area: Materials and Applications

Course Code Course Name
MM409Colloids and interfacial science
MM4XXStructure-Property Correlations in Materials
MMXXXFundamentals of Ceramics
MM357Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy
MM654Advanced Composites
MM674Materials & Processes for Semiconductor Devices
MM638Polymer blends and composites
MM652Advanced Ceramics
MM688Non-Crystalline Materials
MM723Thermoelectric materials
MM746Advanced Polymer Science & Engineering
MM754Sustainable Materials for Water Treatment
MM700Electrochemical and materials perspective in energy storage
MM453Engineering Polymers and Composites
MM738Physics of Materials

Concentration Area: Electronic Materials and Device Physics

Course Code Course Name
MM685Electrical Materials: fundamentals and applications
MM618Optoelectronic Properties, Materials and Devices
MM718Laser Processing and Nanostructures
MM674Materials & Processes for Semiconductor Devices
MM650Protective coatings
MM734Electrical Characterization of Materials
MM723Thermoelectric Materials
MM719Introduction to Ab-initio methods in Materials Modeling
MM739Semiconductor Photo-electrochemistry and Photocatalysis
MM753Micro-mechanics of Thin Films and Small Structures
MM474Science and Technology of Thin Films
MM743Multiferroic Materials: Fundamentals and Devices
MM6002Principles and Applications of Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Concentration Area: Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy

Course Code Course Name
MM732Structural Characterization of Materials
MM733Mechanical Characterization of Materials
MM691Topics in Phase Transformations
MM730Topics in mechanical behaviour of materials
MM753Micro-mechanics of Thin Films and Small Structures
MM756Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Concentration Area: Corrosion Science and Engineering

Course Code Course Name
MM454Corrosion and protection of materials
MM658Fracture mechanics and failure analysis
MM695High Temperature Corrosion
MM712Advances in Design and Control of Corrosion
MM713Aqueous Corrosion and its Control